Emailed PowerPoint 2003 'Show' Files Won't Open

[RichardAD]

After I send a .pps video file as an Email attachment non of the Email's
recipients can open it.
All they see is a black rectangle with a white background.
When they click on the black rectangle the .pps file closes.

Where must I store the (original) .ppt file so that Email recipients can
open the .pps file using PP Viewer or PowerPoint?

Thank you.

 

[David Marcovitz]

After I send a .pps video file as an Email attachment non of the Email's
recipients can open it.
All they see is a black rectangle with a white background.
When they click on the black rectangle the .pps file closes.

Where must I store the (original) .ppt file so that Email recipients can
open the .pps file using PP Viewer or PowerPoint?

Thank you.

Videos are always a separate file from the PowerPoint (whether it is a .pps
or .ppt file). The first thing to try is putting the video in the same
folder as the PowerPoint, inserting the video into PowerPoint, and sending
both the .pps and video file together in the email. If that doesn't work,
you might be better off zipping the folder with the .pps and the video file
and sending a zipped file. Then the recipients will have to unzip the folder
to play the video.

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland

 

[Lucy Thomson]

Hi

Do you mean the .pps contains a video? If so, see here:
Sounds/Movies don't play, images disappear or links break when I move or
email a presentation
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00155.htm

Lucy

 

[RichardAD]

Thank you David BUT, that's not going to work when the video is >10MB. What
I'm trying to determine is how others manage to assemble those very large
..pps files of video and photos that are then sent out by Email.
Can you help me with that?
Thank you.
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[David Marcovitz]

Photos are embedded so they would go with the file (generally). Videos are
never embedded (unless they aren't really videos but animated graphics, in
which case they count as pictures). If the video is 10 MB, it is not easily
emailable. The only other things I can think for you to do is post the video
online and email a link or use a tool like PFC Express (found at
http://www.playsforcertain.com/) to email the large file.
--David

Thank you David BUT, that's not going to work when the video is >10MB. What
I'm trying to determine is how others manage to assemble those very large
.pps files of video and photos that are then sent out by Email.

Can you help me with that?
Thank you.
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--
David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland